30 June 2017

Many of us seem interested in the collective group Reform Art Unit. The history of this collective has often been punctuated by individual sub-projects among the members of the group. The trio Pei fits in this musical tradition. Indeed, Yedda Chunyu Lin is Reform Art Unit's pianist. She created the group with R A U's founder Fritz Novotny and Lucas Ligeti. P.E.I means Passion, Energy, Intensity. Here is a live recording kindly offered by Yedda, given at the release of their first album. Also included some sound clips of this first cd packaged in a beautiful gatefold lp sleeve.

This album is fantastic and you can support the artist and order it directly to Yedda

29 June 2017

"After leaving East Germany to Athens [F. Wollny] moved back to West Germany....met Penck in Cologne where they discussed a new concept about TTT as a band.Recording 3+1 in Bad Homburg West Germany (1982)."

16 June 2017

Here is a strange record by pianist Frank Van Bommel considering the music he is doing now that is more inside than outside. This record is difficult to describe, between jazz and contemporary, in one word adventurous.

Apparently this cd has never been made commercially available. Recorded in 1992, it appeared for me for the first time 6 or 7 years ago; it was probably sold during concerts.

11 June 2017

This rather obscure recording with Glenn Spearman was requested some time ago.
So we're happy to get this rip due to a friend (and more) of Inconstant Sol.
Offered here almost as I got it except I've removed several dozens of clicks and pops manually.

This trio left only one - excellent - official recording "Seven Compositions".
Culled from an analog radio broadcast in really good sound quality.
Braxton offers the music as an mp3 download for members of his website.
Here you'll get it in flac.

7 June 2017

From a BR-Klassik live broadcast from Munich yesterday evening, here is Mahler's fifth symphony by the Bavarian State orchestra under Kirill Petrenko. There's a slightly bent note in one of the opening trumpet phrases; this seems to serve to concentrate everyones' mind to deliver an immensely powerful performance, full of light and shade, the struggle to address the conflicts and ambiguities of being an adult, and the desire to return to the innocence of childhood.

2 June 2017

Here is a very well recorded live of the Carla Bley Band in a period that is in my opinion one of the most interesting. There are some great studio recordings of the C.B.B like « European Tour » or « Musique Mecanique ». But the official live in her discography comes later and the music seems more static than on the preview years. Here we have the eccentric approach à la Mingus, some influences of what we can call « popular music » and a fantastic band. High musical quality and fun, here is what we have. Gary Windo who have been under recorded is particularly great here.

Side B (21:58)
B1 Cosmopolitan Order Of Birds 4:54
B2 The Experiment Of Olgas Hand 6:47
B3 Extasy Of A Bird Karma 2:37
B4 We Can Have A Good Time Without Snakes 4:31
B5 No Electricity 1:54

This record edited from tapes recorded at the London Musicians Collective, 42 Gloucester Avenue / concert evening of Saturday 30 June 1979.
Recorded on a Uher Stereo Report with 2 AKG S224 microphones.
Music improvised / one of many hundreds of performances given by this duo in the 10 years they have played together.

The parrot's long goodbye recorded London Zoo + whirled tape recorder with tape of Continamo Falls,
recorded Amazonas, 16 November 1978 by Toop and Figuera.